The history of science-fiction contains many iconic names, but one is considered the founder of the modern science-fcition fandom – Hugo Gernsback. He was not the first or best writer or publisher of SF, but he was the man who brought it to the country at large through the first, the original, the famous AMAZING STORIES! In Gersback's days he preferred the term scientifiction (though he also coined the term science-fiction), and this classic pulp contained the best of the best, new and old, including Jules Verne, H.G. Wells and Edgar Allan Poe, to name just a few of the masters whose stories are contained herein. He is often called one of the fathers of modern science fiction, and this volume, which reprints all the stories from AMAZING STORIES #1-3,would be the first children!